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Music Midtown 2017: Bands Not To Miss - headliners Bruno Mars, Blink-182, Future and Mumford & Sons

Future will take a headlining stage Sunday night. (Akili-Casundria Ramsess/Eye of Ramsess Media)

Credit: Jewel Wicker

Credit: Jewel Wicker

Future will take a headlining stage Sunday night. (Akili-Casundria Ramsess/Eye of Ramsess Media)
By Melissa Ruggieri
Sept 15, 2017

BY MELISSA RUGGIERI/AJC Music Scene

In this week leading up to Music Midtown, we’ll spotlight a handful of artists worth catching at the festival on Sept. 16-17 at Piedmont Park.

With the big weekend only a day away, it seems an apt time to spotlight the festival's four headliners - Bruno Mars (Saturday at 9:30 p.m.), Blink-182 (Saturday at 9:30 p.m.), Future (Sunday at 8:30 p.m.) and Mumford & Sons (Sunday at 8;30 p.m.).

Don't forget to check The Music Scene blog all weekend for recaps, photos and videos of Music Midtown 2017.

About the Author

Melissa Ruggieri has covered music and entertainment for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution since 2010 and created the Atlanta Music Scene blog. She's kept vampire hours for more than two decades and remembers when MTV was awesome.

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